Beer Tasting #2: Adnams Cans from Marks & Spencer

I’m commuting a long way at the moment, and I’m often in need of a good #trainbeer for the journey home.

For me, a train beer has to be easily discovered at or near stations, not too strong and most of all, be a refreshing brew.

Luckily, there’s an M&S at the station I frequent who have a fairly decent selection of unique beers. Marks & Spencer beers are sometimes similar to or the same recipe as the brewers’ beers already available.

These cans are brewed by Suffolk brewer Adnams with west-coast hops and had reasonably colourful and funky cans.

It’s very rare I see Adnams beers other than Ghost Ship or Southwold Bitter on tap so I was keen as mustard; I respect them for their cask offerings.

So far, so good; let’s give them a whirl.

Adnams Brewery in Southwold

These beers seem to lack information on the hops used and other ingredients, but the pairing notes on the back of each can are welcome.

This is certainly a trend I approve of, even if I do not often match beer to food.

Laid Back IPA – American Style Session IPA

I enjoyed this beer, it was certainly the best out of the three.

Pretty standard in terms of session IPAs, lots of fruit and seemed to have good body for the strength.